Alabama State Armwrestling Championship to be held at Veet's Bar and Grill in Mobile

View full sizeAn arm wrestling competition takes place in this photo from Wikipedia Commons. The Alabama State Armwrestling Championship will take place Saturday at Veet's Bar and Grill in downtown Mobile. (Wikipedia Commons/Dan Bennett)

MOBILE, Ala. -- Veets Bar & Grill will play host to the Alabama State Arm Wrestling Championship starting at 7 p.m. Saturday, March 26, 2011. (Update: changed from March 27, which is a Sunday.)

The event is divided by gender and weight classes, as well as left- and right-handed divisions.

Weigh-ins will be held from 7-9 p.m. Friday and 5-6:30 p.m. Saturday. It costs $25 to enter. Prizes will be given to first-, second- and third-prize winners in all divisions, and the first 50 people to enter will get T-shirts.

The United States Wristwrestling/Armwrestling Association, Inc. is organizing the event, and the Mobile Bay Sports Authority is one of the sponsors.

To get you in the right frame of mind, here's a scene from "Over the Top."